I'm using a XAMPP setup through ApacheFriends.org, version 1.4.14 - it uses PHP 5.0.3 and MySQL 4.1.12 and Apache 2.0.54 (Win32) The PHPInfo doesn't show the MySQLi extensions loaded, but I try adding the DLL in the extension list like so: ==================== ;extension=php_msql.dll extension=php_mysql.dll ;extension=php_mysqli.dll ==================== I took out the Semi-colon and it gives me this warning: ==================== Warning: mysqli::mysqli() [_function.mysqli_ (http://localhost/function.mysqli) ]: Access denied for user 'root'@'localhost' (using password: YES) in C:\xampp\htdocs\results.php on line 29 Error: Could not connect to the Database. Please try again later. ==================== When I'm in MySQL it works fine with the extension commented out - but not with it un-commented... the Extension is located in C:/xampp/php/ext with the rest of them... thanks for replying back - I thought I'd never get this fixed... I just uninstalled everything and reinstalled 3 times hoping something was wrong with the versions. Thanks, Clint